Democrats must start being the opposition party now, and be bold, not focused on self-preservation.

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8. The example of being bold that was given was a legislative one.

There's a difference between maintaining our values and maintaining traditional protocols.

Getting rid of the Senate filibuster would have been bold, but it would have accomplished the objective of keeping Trump out of the government, and probably sending him to prison like he deserves. Getting rid of the filibuster would have opened the door to packing the Supreme Court so that, when the time came, there would have been enough justices to keep that unconstitutional immunity ruling from ever being made. They could have imposed ethics rules that would have led to the censuring of bribe-takers like Alito and Thomas, and they would have saved Roe. There is a risk to that, in that once done, it gives the other side the opportunity to do the same. But there are things that could have been done to make it more difficult to change once it occurred, and the biggest danger, Trump, would have been eliminated. That's the kind of boldness we need.

But this was thwarted not by Republicans, but by Democrats, including the President himself.

Boldness would have been to recognize the transitional nature of the Biden Presidency from the start, and getting his cooperation and understanding, working on building a campaign for the Democratic nomination that could have put themselves in a position to win the election.